Hillary O’Sullivan was the first foreigner and youngest performer at the country's Royal Highland Festival.
The Singaporean was invited to perform at Bhutan’s Royal Highland Festival, which ran from Oct 23 to 24, 2023.
The 11-minute film, directed and produced by Hillary’s mother Elaine Lim, highlights the urgent environmental issues in the Himalayan region, with a focus on the threat to Bhutan’s glaciers. “We slept in tents, and it was so cold at night,” Hillary told The Straits Times, recalling how her fingers were frozen, making it hard to play her instrument.The Grade 7 SJII student added that the high altitude made breathing difficult, which added to her exhaustion.
To her surprise, after playing the piece Rhapsody Of A Changing Antarctic, she said King Jigme Khesar broke protocol, walked up to Hillary and gave her a big hug. Rhapsody Of A Changing Antarctic, reflecting the dire global climate situation, was composed by Belgian musician Eric Bettens for the Antarctic Climate Expedition, which took place from Feb 13 to 23, 2023.
Videos of her recitals in Indonesia in 2019 and the Maldives in 2020 on her YouTube channel caught the attention of the organiser of the Antarctic expedition. And it was her performance in the South Pole that got Hillary the invitation to Bhutan.
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